Improvement in safety-attachments for pockets



waited mes CLAUDIUS V. BOUGHTONQOF TI'IUSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA.

Laim Para: N0. 90,632, .aan .rime 1, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN SAFETY-ATTACHMENTS POR POCKETS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part bf thename.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known" that I, OLAUDIUs V. vBoUGn'roN, of

Titusville, in the county of Crawford, and State of Pennsylvania, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in PocketLocks for watchesand other valuables, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, whichmake part of this specification, and in which- Figure 1 represents aview in perspective of my improved device;

Figure 2, a view in elevation of the same, with a watch attached;

Figure 3, a view in perspective, showing the same in use upon a vest;and

Figure 4 is a longitudinal section of my improved device.

The object of my invention is to provide a simple and efiicient device,whereby a watch or other valuable article may be safely secured to thepocket of the wearer, iu such manner that the same may be readily andconveniently removed and replaced when in use, and at the same time beeiectually prevented from being lost or stolen; to which ends,improvements consist in a novel combination of a spring-hook, to whichthe watch or other' article to be preserved is attached withclamping-plates, for attaching the same to the pocket of a vest or otherarticle l of clothing, as hereinafter more fully set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, which show a con- `venient arrangement ofparts for carrying out the objects of my invent-ion,

C and E represent two metallic plates, to the upper of which, C, a hook,A, is suitably secured, near one of its ends.

A plate-spring, B, is secured to the shank of the hook A, or to theplate C, contiguous thereto, and, curving upward, so as to bear againstor be in close proximity to'the point of the hook, has its free endresting in a slot near the opposite end of the plate.

The ends of the plate C are turned downward, and

pointed, so as to form prongs, D, which pass through openings, F, formedin the lower plate, E, near its ends.

Openings, G, are likewise formed in this plate, con- X tiguous to theopenings F.

The operation of the device is as follows:

.It being desired to apply the lock for the purpose of securing a watchto the pocket -of a vest, the plate O is brought up against the innerthickness thereof', or that which is next the wearciis body, and theprongs D passed through the fabric of which it is composed. The plate Ebeing new placed against the opposite side of the fabric, the prongs Dare passed through the openings F, and secured by turning them into theopenings G.

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'lhe device. is now firmly secured to the vest, and can neither drop outnor be removed without the wearers knowledge, requiring the pocket to betorn in order to detach it from the outside. The watch, without beingremoved from its chain, is attached to the hook, and held thereon by thespring, and can be readily withdrau-'n by the thumb and finger, whendesired.

My improvement, which is of cheap and simple construction and readyapplication, affords an effectual safeguard against accidents and theft.

In cases where the watch-chain is heavy and the pocket shallow,the watchis frequently dragged out and damaged, by the chain catching on a desk,table, Ste. Snell accidents will be obviated by the use of myimprovement, and it will be readily secnvthat it affords an eiiectualpreventive against snatching the watch suddenly from the pocket, andcorrespondingly reduces the risk of loss from theft I am aware thatplates have been hitherto clamped together by means of prongs upon oneplate passing through openings in the other, and being turned over, anddo not broadly claim such device.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patellis, is-

AIhe combination of the hook A and spring B with the clamping-plates OE, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

CLAUDIUS V. BOUGHTON.

NVitnesses 'HENRY E. WRIGLEY,

JOHN GALLAN.

The plate C should be so placed that the,4 free end of the spring willbe next the wearers shoul-

